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Pages in category "Carthaginian generals" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Hanno the Navigator — Carthaginian explorer; Hanno, son of Hannibal — Carthaginian general in the First Punic War; Hanno, Messana garrison commander — Carthaginian general in The First Punic War; Hanno, son of Bomilcar — Carthaginian officer in the Second Punic War; Hasdrubal I of Carthage — Magonid king of Ancient Carthage 530–510 BC
Carthaginian generals (3 C, 10 P) M. Magonids (7 P) Monarchs of Carthage (9 P) Pages in category "Carthaginians" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of ...
Until 308 BC Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs, in the sense of the word that executive power was held by one person. [1] It also seems for the time period below to have been passed down in the clan of the Magonids. The title itself was most likely Suffete. [2]: 115–116 Hannonids. Hanno I c. 580 – c. 556 BC
The Carthaginian general also advised equipping a fleet and landing a body of troops in the south of Italy, offering to take command himself. [66] In 190 BC, after having suffered a series of defeats in the Roman–Seleucid War, [70] Antiochus gave Hannibal his first significant military command after spending five years in the Seleucid court. [71]
Thereafter, professional military generals were appointed directly by the Carthaginian Senate. Carthage's military battled the Greeks over control of the island of Sicily. These encounters influenced the development of the Carthaginians' weapons and tactics, causing Carthage to adopt the Greek-style hoplite soldier fighting in the phalanx ...
The Mamertines urged Hanno to descend from the citadel and parley with the Romans. Hanno reluctantly agreed, but the talks failed again. The Romans seized Hanno and imprisoned him. Hanno was thus compelled to withdraw the Carthaginian garrison from Messana. [6] These events triggered the beginning of the First Punic War.
This was Carthage's only victory in a major land battle during the war. [50] Xanthippus, fearful of the envy of Hasdrubal and the other Carthaginian generals he had outdone, took his pay and returned to Greece. Regulus died in Carthaginian captivity; later Roman authors invented a tale of him displaying heroic virtue while a prisoner. [62]